Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Global Supply Chain Management The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies

This programme equips executives with the capacity to create and sustain competitiveness in the supply chain through balancing cost, quality and efficiency.

Features

• Broad knowledge and skills in global supply chain management.
• A thorough grounding in subjects leads to the knowledge and intellectual capability required for an understanding and critical analysis of supply chain management problems.
• Awareness of the global supply chain management environment and management issues.
• An array of purchasing related subjects.

Credits Requirements

Subject offerings

Compulsory Subject

(1 subject - 3 credits)

• LGT5015 Supply Chain Management

Restricted Elective Subjects

(4 subjects - 12 credits)

Choose at least 2 from:

• LGT5002 International Logistics Systems, Operations and Management
• LGT5102 Models for Decision Making
• LGT5105 Managing Operations Systems

Choose at least 1 from:

• LGT5032 Strategic Procurement Management
• LGT5034 Global Sourcing and Supply

Choose at least 1 from:

• LGT5152 Information Systems for Supply Chain Management
• MM544 E-Commerce

Note: Students may take more restricted elective subjects than necessary, and they will be counted as free electives.

Free Elective Subjects#

(MSc: any 5 subjects - 15 credits

PgD: any 1 subject - 3 credits)

• LGT5001 Organizational Management in Shipping & Logistics
• LGT5013 Transport Logistics in China
• LGT5014 Air Transport Logistics and Management
• LGT5017 Maritime Logistics
• LGT5033 Lean Thinking and Practice
• LGT5037 Project Management
• LGT5040 Supplier Development
• LGT5046 Contract Management
• LGT5073 Risk Management in Operations
• LGT5101 Statistics for Management
• LGT5107 Total Quality Management
• LGT5113 Enterprise Resource Planning
• LGT5122 Applications of Decision Making Models
• LGT5131 Warehousing and Materials Management
• LGT5211 GSCM Project (6 credits, for MSc Award only)
• LGT5215 Practice of Global Supply Chain Management
• LGT5425 Business Analytics
• LGT5426 Managing Innovation

Note:

The offering of subjects is subject to class quota availability.

The subject syllabi are subject to approval.

# Common Pool Electives: Students are allowed to choose 1 elective, equivalent to 3 credits, from the Common Pool to fulfil the elective requirements of the programme.

Students should strictly comply with the prescriptions of the programme curriculum when performing subject registration. Those who fail to meet the programme requirements will NOT be allowed to graduate.

Credit transfer/exemption will not be granted for subjects chosen from the FB Common Pool unless the Elective Subject concerned falls within the programme curriculum. Please note that not all subjects will be offered every year and registration is subject to the availability of quota.

• Graduates of the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management are granted full exemption from the Qualifying Examination of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong.
• Graduates of the PgD in Global Supply Chain Management are granted partial exemption from the Qualifying Examination of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong.
• Graduates of the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management having fulfilled certain subject requirements are granted accreditation by The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) and may apply for full membership. (Subject to review each year).
• Graduates of the MSc in Global Supply Chain Management with 2-years of working experience in Purchasing/ Supply Chain/ Logistics or related fields are qualified to register as members of The Institute of Purchasing & Supply of Hong Kong (IPSHK).

Note: Recognition is subject to assessment